{"id":747,"date":"2025-01-31T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paoprod.com\/blog\/?p=747"},"modified":"2025-05-27T02:29:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T07:29:44","slug":"resources-for-researching-dfw-area-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paoprod.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/31\/resources-for-researching-dfw-area-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for researching DFW area history"},"content":{"rendered":"These are the primary online resources I've utilized in researching my historical posts.  Note that the <a href=\"\/blog\/2023\/11\/19\/ghosts-of-dfw-music-history-blog-series\/\">Ghosts of DFW Music History series<\/a> makes use of various other online and human sources in addition to these, including personal interviews, social media pages, and articles from other publications.  But for my other posts, these are the most fruitful sources I have regularly consulted:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/texashistory.unt.edu\" target=\"_blank\">The Portal to Texas History<\/a>, especially the included old city directories\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.dallaslibrary.org\/polaris\/search\/misc\/esources.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Dallas Morning News<\/i> and <i>Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/i> archives via the Dallas Public Library<\/a>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.dallaslibrary.org\/polaris\/Search\/misc\/esources.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&Category=372\" target=\"_blank\">HertageQuest, via Dallas Public Library website<\/a> (login required)\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/pub_dallas\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Dallas<\/i> trade journal published by the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, via the Internet Archive<\/a>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/freepages.rootsweb.com\/~jwheat\/history\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Wheat's Dallas County Texas Archives site<\/a>, especially his upload of the <a style=\"font-style:italic\" href=\"https:\/\/freepages.rootsweb.com\/~jwheat\/history\/worleys1911streets\/worleys1911streets.html\" target=\"_blank\">1911 Worley's Dallas City Street Directory<\/a>, an extremely valuable reference when dealing with pre-1911 Dallas addresses\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/sanborn\/texas.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps via the University of Texas Libraries<\/a>, covering the period from 1877-1922.  Click on the first letter of the city being looked for.  Maps of both Dallas and Fort Worth (and other area municipalities) are available.\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flashbackdallas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paula Boose's <i>Flashback: Dallas<\/i> blog and website<\/a>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Library of Congress website<\/a>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Internet Archive<\/a>, which contains plenty of great resources but can require substantial digging\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newspaperarchive.com\/search\/location\/us\/tx\/dallas\/\" target=\"_blank\">limited <i>Dallas Times Herald<\/i> and other newspaper\/newsletter archives, 1920-1921<\/a> via NewspaperArchive.com\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\nFor more recent history, provided you're willing to wade through potentially hundreds of mostly tangentially related results:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>D Magazine<\/i> online website<\/a>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasobserver.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Dallas Observer<\/i> online archives<\/a>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\nFor the Dallas Public Library-based archives, you'll need an account based on your Dallas Library card.  Information on how to obtain this access can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/flashbackdallas.com\/2015\/07\/30\/how-to-access-the-historical-dallas-morning-news-archive\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.  As far as printed materials go, the following are also good resources:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/collections\/images-of-america\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Images of America<\/i> series of books<\/a> published by Arcadia Publishing\r\n<li><u>Dallas: The Deciding Years - A Historical Portrait<\/u> by A.C. Greene, published 1973 by The Encino Press\r\n<li><u>Dallas Yesterday<\/u> by Sam Acheson, edited by Lee Milazzo, published 1977 by Southern Methodist University Press\r\n<li><u>Dallas Rediscovered: A Photographic Chronicle of Urban Expansion 1870-1925<\/u> by William L. McDonald, published 1979 by The Dallas Historical Society\r\n<li><u>This Used to Be Dallas<\/u> by Harry Hall, published 2020 by Reedy Press\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\nAnd if social media is your thing (it isn't for me, but I do sometimes utilize it as a necessary evil for my research), here are some active groups on Facebook that are worth a look:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/dallasraw\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Filth: Raw Histoire<\/a>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/178400082634315\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas, Texas History<\/a>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/DeepEllumTx\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deep Ellum<\/a>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/MemoriesofDallas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Memories of Dallas (private group)<\/a>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1592137491015058\/\" target=\"_blank\">Plano History (& Nostalgia)<\/a>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/311659562641258\/\" target=\"_blank\">You Were There: A History of Culture in Dallas<\/a>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/Vintage-Photos\/new\/9979.jpg\" style=\"margin-top:2em\">\r\n\r\n<div id=\"BlogFooter\">\r\n<hr>\r\nAll original material on this page is &copy; 2025 Peter Orozco.  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